noun
visiting flood victims; flood relief visit
Archaic term for visiting people affected by a flood to offer sympathy or assistance. In modern Japanese, this concept is usually expressed with phrases like 水害の見舞い.
古文書には、水見舞いとして被災地を訪れた記録が残っている。
Old documents record visits to disaster areas as 水見舞い.
Means 'flood damage'; 水見舞い is the act of visiting those affected by such damage.
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana.
Variant without the final okurigana; less common but attested.
Compound of 水 (mizu, 'water') and 見舞い (mimai, 'visit to inquire after someone's health or to express sympathy'). The term is now archaic.